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Re: When saving money doesn't make sense, just cents.
« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2007, 06:17:01 AM »
On my way to and from the gym, I pass a Lukoil station that for the past three years or so has consistently had the most expensive gas in the area.  It's at least 30 or 40 cents per gallon more than the independent gas station right across the street.  Even if the independent place is selling lower quality gas, it still doesn't explain why this particular Lukoil is more than even the other Lukoils in the area.  There's another Lukoil about 2 miles further down the road and there's usually a difference of 10 to 15 cents per gallon.  I don't know how this particular place stays in business.
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Re: When saving money doesn't make sense, just cents.
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2007, 12:17:49 PM »
In canada we get the best MPG or KPLby goign through shell they use the best detergents to clean the petro....

Becareful my canadian friend about buying american milk. There is a reason American Raised Beef does not get sold in canada.
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Re: When saving money doesn't make sense, just cents.
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2007, 02:05:49 PM »
Quote from: frostillicus123 on September 29, 2007, 12:17:49 PM
In canada we get the best MPG or KPLby goign through shell they use the best detergents to clean the petro....

Becareful my canadian friend about buying american milk. There is a reason American Raised Beef does not get sold in canada.

 Well, American milk has yet to kill the 300 million of us on this side of the border who have been drinking it all our lives.
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Re: When saving money doesn't make sense, just cents.
« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2007, 02:13:37 PM »
Quote from: danyroo on September 20, 2007, 06:17:36 AM

in town we pay arround 1.04$ per litre, on the US witch is just 3 min. away.. cost me from 73 to 75cents a litre.. and the also the Milk.. wow.. we pay 7$ for a gallon in town. where in US it's only 3 something. so each week I save at least 30$ even more as we both have a vehicle. so comes out to 50$ approx.

Local business arround here say buy locally.. yes on certain Items I will buy in CND, but BUT... why should I pay sometimes 4 time the price for the same thing same brand.



Why is anybody paying $7 a gallon for milk if it's that quick and easy to slip across the border and get it for half that price?  It is up to $4 a gallon here in New Jersey now and I thought that was too high until I read this.  I would imagine that now that the US and Canadian dollars are roughly equal in value, it must be getting harder to justify the higher prices in Canada for the exact same thing.
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Re: When saving money doesn't make sense, just cents.
« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2007, 05:35:49 PM »
I don't quite know what a gallon is but i pay 4 dollars for 4 litres, if a gallon is double that .....that's a lot of milk.
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Re: When saving money doesn't make sense, just cents.
« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2007, 12:08:08 AM »
Quote from: frostillicus123 on September 29, 2007, 05:35:49 PM
I don't quite know what a gallon is but i pay 4 dollars for 4 litres, if a gallon is double that .....that's a lot of milk.

One gallon = 3.78 liters.  I go through a gallon of milk a week just by myself, sometimes more.
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Re: When saving money doesn't make sense, just cents.
« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2007, 12:37:07 AM »
Guys when it comes to petrol/diesel, I think here in the UK we are paying really outrageous prices depending on the station. If we buy from any of the supermarket pumps then we are paying something like 92.9-94.9 pence per litre. If we buy from somewhere like Shell, Texaco or Esso we are paying very close to £1 per litre. Running a car here that is over 2.0 litre in capacity is just not economical at all.
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Re: When saving money doesn't make sense, just cents.
« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2007, 01:45:22 AM »
Here in Nova Scotia we're paying around 1.05 for a litre, that's outrageous espically with the drastic drop in the american dollar and our dollars now being equal.
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